Linking assessment for learning, improvement and accountability

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-194

  Coates, Hamish ^a,b   Seifert, Tricia ^c  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^b LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Evaluation framework; Higher education; Quality; Student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051628219     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2011.554308     Document Type: Article

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